Show Speaking Speaking of 0 Sports Same Sanle Old Plot But Modernizes l It By ROBERT l Released by Western Newspaper Union T READERS of pulp magazine fic- fic fiction F tion will recognize the plot Its It's a story of a racehorse and a jockey Both of them were said to tobe tobe tobe be through nil all washed up They had been at the top of the heap but time had taken its toll toIl and both were spoken of in the past tense Then came the last desperate ef ef- fort The big bi race The one the horse had lost by a nose the two previous years cars This time fortune smiled and the valiant pair was vic vic- The horse and jockey arc are again in the t e struggle le for Youve You've doubtlessly recognized rec the main characters by now They're and his jockey Johnny Pollard The latest chapter in their combined careers was written at California's Santa Anita racetrack recently when the Biscuit won the handicap and established time all lead lead- leading leading leading himself as the worlds world's ing money moncy winner It wasn't so very cry long ago that the end of the glory road seemed just ahead for both the Ule Biscuit and John John- Johnny Johnny Johnny ny Pollard Their comebacks are closely related Two years ago Pol Pol- Pollard Pollard Pollard lard was rated one of the top riders of the country lie He rode to many of oC his early triumphs Double Trouble Then things started to go wrong I Pollard suffered a broken leg in I New England He spent several months in a hospital and then went to the California ranch of owner C. C S. S Howard He was joined there by his old pal who had broken down in a cheap race testing himself for the 1939 Santa Anita handicap From then on the horse was Pol Pol- Pollards Pollard's Pollards Pollard's Pollards Pollard's lards lard's special charge As horse and jockey recuperated Pollard helped Smith the Bis- Bis Trainer Tom bring lv GREATEST MONEY WINNER with uil owner C. C S. S back into shape He exercised the horse and saw to it that he had the best of care Then last fall Pollard was ready to go back to the racing wars and Sea biscuit was taken to Tanforan to resume training They worked hard but their first two races at Santa Anita were disappointing So disappointing in fact that onlookers ers suggested that the horse be re rc- returned re- re returned turned to the pasture and that Pol Pol- Pollard Pollard Pollard lard forget about riding The recent San Antonio handicap changed the complexion of things In this test race for the Santa I Anita handicap Pollard made a per per- perfectly perfectly judged ride on the Biscuit and the year seven-year-old horse gal gal- galloped galloped loped to victory in record time Kayak Finishes Strong The rest is history Its It's doubtful if the turf will ever produce a race that can match for sheer drama the one in which old went thundering under the wire at Santa Anita A crowd of fans cheered their overwhelming favorite favor favor- favorite ite as he led his stable-mate stable Kayak II across the finish line been made repeat repeat- repeatedly repeatedly edly by those who saw the race that it was rigged for that that Howards Howard's other entry Kayak I II could coult have ha nosed out the winner if he hadn't been held back It is true of course that the How How- Howard Howard Howard ard stable had publicly declared to win with if the luck of the thc race gave him a chance By declaring de laring to win with any specific horse in its Us entry a stable records I its intentions of using the other horse or horses as a sort of police police- policeman policeman policeman man to be there to rescue the victory vic vic vic- victory tory in case something happens to the chosen one However it is equally true that not for or a score of years has a thor thor- thoroughbred thoroughbred thoroughbred sped over the mile and und a quarter derby route as fast as ns the Biscuit did to win to date h has s won 30 In winning his latest race I he hc c replaced Sun Beau with I a total as tile the greatest time all-time money winner Other great money winners winters of the turf include Equi- Equi Equipoise poise IlOise Phar Pilar Lap Gallant Fox Zev Mate l Twenty Grand JO 00 Blue Larkspur and Victorian Vict rian |